Hawkster

The point I was making was we need quality players. I hate NDSU as much as anyone but we are going to need top notch players. We certainly aren't going to out coach those guys. I'm sure anyone leaving NDSU with eligibility does so because they got passed on the dept chart. They certainly didn't leave because of the championship ring they got.

Do you really want a team full of NDSU washouts? We need players that are better than ndsu.

Schmaltz

Hmmmm, Wentz played like usual yesterday it appears. I didn't see the game but saw the highlights or maybe lowlights. So Philly gets that #1 pick and they still make the playoffs. Indy loses to the worst team in the league and no playoff. There is no question that it was the Bison that made Wentz look good and not the other way around. To paraphrase what the Bison say "Once a bust always a bust".

Most colleges have a policy of not taking players back once they enter the TP and that's the right call. I certainly hope UND doesn't allow him back. The idea of letting players test the waters and coming running back is not a good idea. And I sure wouldn't want a situation like Bubba had with Grady, always trying to get him back.

I'm not the best hockey mind, by far, but I sure miss the old days when we got BETTER after Christmas.

This is an Ivy team for God's sake

I'm fashion conscious tonight. What are they wearing? Really, I just want decent play.

OK, so what do you propose UND do? We aren't moving up to the SEC or even any FBS conference, so there goes a bowl game. And I'm not sure the minor bowl games play on a better surface. But OK, you've done some jawing, or maybe I should say trolling, let's hear your better proposal.

Posts like this are actually embarrassing. You're making fun of the very game everyone here would love to play in. Yes, we'd all love to find something of the Bison to make fun of, but this isn't it. I'd give my eye teeth to make it to Frisco. Seriously, your post reminds me of Kupchella and a few other UND people who made fun of NDSU back when they moved up to D1-AA and kept saying UND hockey was the only real D1 sport being played around here. We aren't going to be playing in an FBS championship EVER. Let's try and embrace what we have and strive to get there, even it it is a soccer stadium. Making fun of the stadium or ESPN2 does nothing to get to that venue next year. I hope you get my drift.

Hockey booster

Well according to some one here we were just one bad Bubba play call away from beating the Bison and then moving on to be the next FCS champs.

So, business suits tonight?

What is it about Fridays?

It must be Friday. We just have to hope the boys have one more goal in them tonight. This game is winable.

I see next year at 7-4. Loses to Neb, SIU, and the XDSU's. Possibly we beat SIU as well, that would be great.

But then we should also consider that presumable most or all of Drake's loses came at the hands of other non scholly teams. That wipes out some of the gains by the highly successful teams. Besides, isn't our goal to be one of those highly successful teams?

I did some digging on our 2021 opponents final records today. Teams that UND beat finished 12-41. Games played: 5 Teams that beat UND finished 58-22 (not counting one more game for NDSU). Games played: 6 Frustrating that the teams we beat only managed 12 combined wins. I'm not trying to be Debby Downer here but the difference in records is glaring.

Wentz sure pissed that game down his leg. Derek Carr showed he's the better game manager.

You know a better program to compare it too?

I doubt the Bison would fire Entz under your scenario. The spring covid season didn't count in the minds of many and having a bad fall 2021 season alone wouldn't have been enough. Things would have to roll into '22 before heads would fly. Replacing a coach always sets a team further back so AD's are reluctant to do it.

The Bison had some very good teams all through their transition and then had a few really bad years when they first joined the Mo Valley. All through those poor years Bohl survived and I'm not sure if he was even under a lot of pressure. Granted, they didn't have the history then that they have now, but I have a feeling their AD might have more tolerance than you think he has. Now the fans, that's a different story. I'm sure they'd fire the entire coaching staff.

I always thought it was the defense that won titles for NDSU

But do you know for a fact that he really was sick? He could have been using that as an excuse to play hooky.

And legend has it that UND always gets better after Christmas